NCAA Football Rule 2 Questions Rated 100% Correct!!

What is an AR? - Official decision on a given statement of facts. It serves to illustrate the spirit and application of the rules. What is relation between the rules and an approved ruling? - Statutory law and a decision of the Supreme Court What is a live ball? - A ball in play. A pass, kick or fumble that has not yet touched the ground is a live ball in flight. What is a live ball in flight? - A pass, kick or fumble that has not yet touched the ground. What is a dead ball? - A ball not in play What is a loose ball? - A live ball not in player possession during: 1. A running play. 2. A scrimmage or free kick before possession is gained or regained or the ball is dead by rule. 3. The interval after a legal forward pass is touched and before it becomes complete, incomplete or intercepted. When a live ball is loose during a forward pass play who may bat the ball? - When a live ball is loose during a forward pass play before it becomes complete, any player eligible to touch the ball may bat it in any direction. Who is eligible to touch, catch, or recover a ball that is loose from a fumble or backwards pass? - All players are eligible to touch, catch, or recover a ball that is loose from a fumble or a backward pass, but eligibility to touch a ball loose from a kick is governed by kick rules and eligibility to touch a forward pass is governed by pass rules. When the 40 second play clock is running, when is a dead ball ready for play? - When an official places the ball at a hash mark or between the inbounds marks and steps away to his position.When the play clock is set at 25 seconds, when is a dead ball ready for play? - When the referee sounds his whistle and either signals to start the game clock or signals that the ball is ready for play When the play clock is set at 40 seconds following an injury to a defensive team player, when is a dead ball ready for play? - When the referee sounds his whistle and either signals to start the game clock or signals that the ball is ready for play What is blocking? - Obstructing an opponent by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body. What is pushing? - Blocking an opponent with open hands What is a block below the waist? - A block in which the force of the initial contact is below the waist of an opponent who has one or both feet on the ground. When in question, the contact is below the waist